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Ashish Dhawan

Ashish Dhawan

Articles by Ashish Dhawan

Easing the journey from the lab bench to market

India ranks third globally in scientific publications and fourth in PhDs awarded. We excel at the early stages of discovery — what experts call technology readiness levels (TRL) 1-3. Our labs are proficient at producing papers. But an industrial economy runs on products, not papers. (HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 25, 2026 15:20 IST

Why anganwadis need urgent re-imagining

As incomes rise and women enter the workforce, the demand has expanded from supplementary nutrition to high-quality childcare. (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 25, 2025 15:26 IST

Reimagining education is key to future of work

AI is helping us expand our worldviews with vast amounts of information, enabling the intersection of interests, ideas and disciplines. (HT Archiv)

Updated on Sep 4, 2025 16:31 IST

Coming up Trumps against tariff threat

The apparel sector can lift millions out of poverty, as seen in Bangladesh, where garment work has empowered women at scale. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 31, 2025 15:12 IST

A change that’s quietly taking root

Education (HT Photo)

Updated on May 1, 2025 08:45 IST

From cosmos to classrooms, the Kasturirangan impact

Kasturirangan’s deep commitment to education was apparent long before his role as the chief architect of NEP 2020 (PTI)

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 14:35 IST

A red carpet for anchor US firms

The stance of the Trump administration has sent a clear signal to American companies — pack up your bags and leave China (AFP)

Updated on Apr 17, 2025 15:06 IST

Blueprint for becoming a global knowledge power

If India wishes to escape the middle-income trap, R&D that drives rapid economic growth is the only possible pathway (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 7, 2025 14:16 IST

Breaking India’s Sisyphean cycle

NEW DELHI, INDIA - January 13: Children attend a class under a Delhi Metro bridge at the Free School Under the Bridge, a school that provides free-to-cost classes to children from low income areas during the cold weather at near Akshardham Temple, in New Delhi India onJanuary 13, 2025. (HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 14:33 IST

For America, why India is not China

FILE PHOTO: A worker arranges sugar bags in a net to load them onto a cargo ship at the Deendayal Port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat, India, September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 02:57 IST

New cadre of unicorns to build developed India

Jaipur, India-July 18: Children have Mid-day meal at a government school, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India on Thursday, July 18, 2013. (photo by - Himanshu Vyas/Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 10, 2024 15:52 IST

India must get more active. Here is a plan

Significant work has been done by the government to widen the opportunity for sport and physical activity interventions and take it from the elite to the grassroots. Fit India has also been an enabling movement, which can be further built upon (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on May 20, 2023 14:55 IST

A plan for states to propel the economy

India’s structural transformation has been slow, so, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka must reduce the labour force in agriculture and increase the share of services and industry (Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 7, 2022 14:09 IST

The future of school education lies in learning beyond classrooms

In India, a decentralised model of education might better reflect local education needs and improve access. (HTPHOTO)

Updated on Jan 18, 2022 06:11 IST

A step towards solving India’s learning crisis

Representational image. (HT Archive)

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 13:15 IST

NEP can help make India a knowledge-based economy | Opinion

Successful implementation of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy mission has the potential to make India an economic powerhouse

Updated on Aug 3, 2020 16:44 IST

To tackle the learning crisis, put the states to the wheel

From a political point of view, quality reforms in education have been a hard sell, especially since there is less certainty about what works, while the results are even harder to measure.

Updated on Apr 24, 2019 03:16 IST

Use data-based solutions to improve learning levels

International research and pedagogical experts have pointed out that to ensure that every child is able to read with meaning by the age of eight is one of the most critical education challenges of our times.

Updated on Feb 9, 2019 09:54 IST

We have to be on a constant learning curve

Updated on Aug 24, 2014 16:50 IST

India is wasting its demographic dividend

HT Image

Updated on Nov 24, 2013 19:23 IST

India must ensure children are learning, too

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Updated on Oct 23, 2013 19:16 IST

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